Man Ray
Marchesa Luisa Casati
1934
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Man Ray
Marchesa Luisa Casati
1934
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Image/Sheet: 295 x 223 mm. (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number
1988.420
Costume worn by Marchesa Casati to the masquerade ball held by the Comte and Comtesse de Beaumount in July 1935. The costume is based on Franz Xavier Winterhalter's portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She is posed in front of a backdrop painted by Christian Bérard of the Empress's stallions Flick and Flock. This Man Ray portrait was reproduced in the British journal "Tatler" (October 2, 1935).
Jan Howard, BMA, "The Collector's Eye: Photographs from the Museum's Dalsheimer Collection," 17 September - 19 November, 1989.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Andaleeb Banta, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Women Behaving Badly: 400 Years of Power and Protest," July 18 - December 19, 2021.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Andaleeb Banta, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Women Behaving Badly: 400 Years of Power and Protest," July 18 - December 19, 2021.
Jean-Hubert Martin, "Man Ray: Photographs" (London: Thames & Hudson, 1981), ill. 310
Taylor, Michael R. Man Ray: The Paris Years. (Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2021), ill. 87, p. 217
